Bed attachment



F. CORTESE.

BED ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION man Nov. 8. 192l.

Patented July 1]], 1922.

,4 TTOR/JEVS fziiiilllll/Wl/l/ l warren STATES FRANK CORTESE, OF NEWBRUNSWICK, NEW JERSEY.

' BED ATTACHMENT.

To all whomz't may concern: 7

Be it known that I, FRANK Con'rnsn, a citizen of the United States, andresident of New Brunswick, in the county of Middlesex and State of NewJersey, have invented a new and Improved Bed Attachment, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description. 7 dug,

My invention relates to a bed attachment and aims to provide a device ofthis character more particularly adapted for use in connection with thesupporting of bed clothes.

It is a well appreciated fact that in the case of invalids, and personssuffering frominsomina, etc, that it is often desirable to space the bedclothes from the body of the person occupying the bed so that the personwill be relieved of the constant pressure exerted by the bed clothes, aswell as the subsequent irritation produced by this pressure.

With this in mind my present invention aims to provide a bed attachmentby means of which these difficulties will be overcome, and whichattachment shall be of extremely simple construction, and be easilymanipulated so that no difficulty will be experienced on this score.

Still further objects of this invention will appear in the annexedspecification taken in connection with the drawings, which latterillustrate one practical embodiment of the same, and in which;

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a bed showing my improved attachment inapplied position thereon.

Figure 2 is a plan view of the attachment.

Figure 3 is a fragmentary side elevation of one end of the attachment inapplied position, and showing certain parts of the same broken away toillustrate underlying construction, and

Figure 4 is a transverse sectional view taken along the line H and inthe direction of the arrow indicated in Figure 3.

It will be seen in these views that the reference numeral 5 indicatesthe mattress of a bed which is conveniently supported by means of theside frame members 6, the latter being attached in the usual manner tothe head and foot portions 7.

Referrin now to details of the attachment, it Wlll be seen that eachside of the same preferably includes a pair of rods 8, the inner ends ofwhich are slidably connected one to the other by means of a tube 9encircling the inner end portions of the same.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 11, 1922.

Application filed November 8, 1921. Serial No. 513,778.

Pivotally attached adjacent the outer ends of both of these rods andnormally extending at right angles, to the same are shafts 1.0,,andtheseshafts are adapted to seat in gubes 11 which latter comprise socketmemers.

has been clearly indicated in igure 1 the tubes acent one end of the bedare either integral with or rigidly attached to a suitable clampingmember 12, which latter, as in Figure 4, includes a preferably U- shapedbody portion, a suitable set screw 13 being associated with the lowerframe of the latter whereby the same may be rigidly clamped to the sideiron of the bed.

For a purpose hereinafter specified, the tubes or socket members 11,adjacent the opposite end of the bed are preferably pivotally attachedas at 14, to clamping members corresponding to the clamping members 12,and as has been shown in Figures 1 to 3 the two portions of theattachment are connected by an apron 15 preferably including a pair ofsections each being attached adjacent its outer edge to one side of therods 8, and being connected adjacent its inner edge to its correspondingsection by any suitable means such as a lacing 16.

Thus it will be obvious that the lower portion of the bed clot-hes maybe made in the usual manner; in other words, the mattress and sheet areplaced upon the springs subsequent to which the clamping members 12 areassociated with the side members 6 of the said bed. In this connectionit is to be noted that my attachment is cap-able of association withbeds of varying lengths incident to the telescoping action existingbetween the rods 8, which are later associated with the tubes 11. Thisadjustment is also desirable in View of the fact that thus it will notbe necessary for an operator to use a great amount of care in applyingthe clamps 12 for the reason that even if these clamps should not beexactly equally spaced, the telescoping action would compensate for thislack of adjustment, and also it will be seen that incident to thistelescoping action that additional clearance may be presented for a person on entering or leaving the bed.

Thus when the parts are in this position it will be obvious that theapron 15 will present a shelf or supporting surface over which the uppersheets, blankets, etc. may be draped, and obviously a person within thebed will thus have the bed clothes held out of contact with his body bymeans of which the difliculties set forth in the preamble of thisspecification are overcome. It will also be seen that incident to thelacing 16 that the sections of the apron 15 may be drawn together insuch a manner as to present an,

absolutely even and non-sagging surface.

Also by virture of the fact that the rods 8 are pivotally attached tothe shafts 10, and one of the socket members 11 is pivotally associatedWiththe clamping member, it Will be appreciated that the entire surfaceof the apron 15 may be inclined, as has been indicated in dotted linesin Figure 1, it being also noted that by virtue of this construction theparts of the entire attachment may be stored in a far more confinedspace.

FRANK GORTESE.

